shallot
(noun) small mild-flavored onion-like or garlic-like clustered bulbs used for seasoning
shallot, eschalot, multiplier onion, Allium cepa aggregatum, Allium ascalonicum
(noun) type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning
shallot
(noun) aggregate bulb of the multiplier onion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
shallot (plural shallots)
A vegetable in the onion family.
Allium ascalonium.
Allium oschaninii.
Any small onion.
(New Orleans) A scallion
Source: Wiktionary
Shal*lot", n. Etym: [OF. eschalote (for escalone), F. Ă©chalote. See Scallion, and cf. Eschalot.] (Bot.)
Definition: A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 February 2025
(noun) the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
